Libros

When Russia declared war on the Ottoman Empire in April 1877, it was the fifth time during the nineteenth century that hostilities had broken out between the two empires. On this occasion the other Great Powers had done all they could to prevent it, although public opinion in the West had been (...)

Seventy years have passed since the Second World War yet the books and articles still keep coming in a never-ending stream discussing the question of what role the deliveries of arms and materials by Soviet allies played in the victory of the Red Army. In Russia, the American Bell P-39 Airacobra (...)

Entrée dans les collections du Louvre en 1800, La Vierge au chancelier Rolin, peinte par Jan Van Eyck vers 1435, vient d'être restaurée. C'est un grand événement auquel le Louvre a souhaité consacrer une exposition et un livre afin d'y associer le public. C'est, en effet, une occasion unique de (...)